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# humiliated

adjective (humiliated, more humiliated); verb form (past of humiliate: humiliate, humiliates, humiliated, humiliating)

«humiliated» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Humiliated means feeling very ashamed and embarrassed, as if you look foolish in front of others, so that you lose pride. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliated/#m1)
2. Humiliated is also the past form of humiliate: to make someone feel very ashamed and foolish, especially in public. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliated/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and lessons about feelings and bullying, being humiliated is a strong, painful feeling; bullies may try to humiliate others by laughing at them or sharing embarrassing photos. Pupils learn that humiliating others is wrong and to support someone who feels humiliated. Phrases: feel humiliated, be humiliated in front of, publicly humiliated.

### Examples

- He felt humiliated when everyone laughed at his mistake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliated/#x1)
- She was humiliated when her secret was told to the whole class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliated/#x2)
- The bully humiliated him in front of his friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliated/#x3)
- I felt humiliated after I tripped on stage, but my friends cheered me on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliated/#x4)
- No one should be humiliated for asking a question. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliated/#x5)
- The team was humiliated by a big defeat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliated/#x6)
- The poor jelly fish, humiliated and horrified beyond all words, cried out for pardon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliated/#x7)

### Note

Humiliated is stronger than «embarrassed». Spelling: hu-mil-i-at-ed. Noun: humiliation. «I felt humiliated» (my feeling) vs «it was humiliating» (the thing that caused it) — like «bored» and «boring».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «humiliated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliated/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«humiliated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/humiliated.html) on Mova free.